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HEART ASSOCIATION. WELL DESERVED. A LOCAL 11 YEAR OLD BOY CATCHES AN EXOTIC FISH IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD POND. THAT’S CHARLIE HINTON RIGHT THERE. HE WAS FISHING THIS WEEKEND WHEN HE CAUGHT A PACK, WHICH IS A SOUTH AMERICAN FISH. IT’S CLOSELY RELATED TO A PIRANHA. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SET OF TEETH, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE SAFETY SAYS THE FISH WAS PROBABLY SOMEONE’S PET AND THEN THEY DUMPED THEM. THEY SAY WHILE PACKS ARE HARMLESS TO HUMANS, THEY ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES. AND ANYONE WHO CATCHES AN EXOTIC
Boy catches exotic fish native to South America in neighborhood pond
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation asked people to not dump their pets into bodies of water after a boy caught an exotic fish in a neighborhood pond. Wildlife department officials posted on social media that an 11-year-old Oklahoma boy caught a pacu, which is a South American fish that's closely related to piranhas, in a neighborhood pond. They did not say where in Oklahoma the fish was caught.Authorities said pacus are an invasive species that can cause damage to Oklahoma's local ecosystem. The fish are generally harmless to humans, but dumping unwanted pets in waterways is harmful to native wildlife. "Don't be that pet owner. Don't let it loose," Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials said on social media.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation asked people to not dump their pets into bodies of water after a boy caught an exotic fish in a neighborhood pond.
Wildlife department officials posted on social media that an 11-year-old Oklahoma boy caught a pacu, which is a South American fish that's closely related to piranhas, in a neighborhood pond. They did not say where in Oklahoma the fish was caught.
Authorities said pacus are an invasive species that can cause damage to Oklahoma's local ecosystem. The fish are generally harmless to humans, but dumping unwanted pets in waterways is harmful to native wildlife.
"Don't be that pet owner. Don't let it loose," Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials said on social media.
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Dear, whoever released an entire Pacu (a South American fish closely related to Piranha) into a NEIGHBORHOOD pond;
how dare you. pic.twitter.com/WwQqJ9REAz
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